diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ffc69a9..4a24659 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tokio-core"
-version = "0.1.17"
+version = "0.1.18"
 authors = ["Carl Lerche <me@carllerche.com>"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio-core"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e99271c..b6fbee6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # Deprecation notice.
 
-This crate is scheduled for deprecation in favor of [tokio](http://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio).
-
-`tokio-core` is still actively maintained, but only bug fixes will be applied.
-All new feature development is happening in [tokio](http://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio).
+This crate is deprecated in favor of [Tokio](http://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio).
 
 # tokio-core
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f080a08..d05e444 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! `Future`-powered I/O at the core of Tokio
 //!
+//! > **Note:** This crate is deprecated in favor of [Tokio](http://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio).
+//!
 //! This crate uses the `futures` crate to provide an event loop ("reactor
 //! core") which can be used to drive I/O like TCP and UDP, spawned future
 //! tasks, and other events like channels/timeouts. All asynchronous I/O is
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@
 //! }
 //! ```
 
-#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tokio-core/0.1.17")]
+#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tokio-core/0.1.18")]
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 #![deny(warnings)]
 #![cfg_attr(test, allow(deprecated))]